late 1970's to early 1980's Fedders Norge washers and alike brands

[singsonglee]

Fedders Norge

Good pictures of the Fedders/Norge. I had a Montgomery Wards
model and like agiflow it was the best washer I have ever owned. Thanks to the 3/4 hp motor and a commercially proven transmission and the 202degree turbo sweep agitator. These washers were the best machines,work horses of the washer industry. We used to have yard sales and soled off the kid's
baby clothes and people would ask us how we got our clothes so clean and I said it was the Norge build washer. I also liked the dryers that they built also they were the first to have an 8 cubic foot drum and and 18inch steel fan in the back of the dryer which blew the air through the drum and pressureizing the drum. Let me tell you it would dry clothes
fast. Setting it for 30 mins. and your clothes were dried. I still wish that I had My Norge washer and dryer. Oh something else that needs to be said is that in addition to a Norge washer, you need to follow some simple rules to get a suprior wash and that is you have to wash whites like underwear and towels in hot water with a good deter. and once in a while use some chorline bleach, making sure that you rinse in warm water. Now for pp light colored clothes a warm water wash with a cold water rinse will be fine and also for dark colored clothes but use an all fabric bleach, (vided works about the best)and also never use liquid fabric softener
on towels as it will put a waxy coating and the towels will lose their absorbence.Thank you I am a big Norge fan if you can't tell. duh!

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[tolivac]

Sounds like from reading these descriptions of the 3/4 Hp Norges that sounds like one really SUPER washer-Long agitation stroke--Non slotted bottom agitator vanes-just what I would be looking for besides my favorites WP and KN.Will have to check the swap shops and used appliance places here-I have asked on Norges-Wards before-but the operators of the swap shops give me a blank stare and say"we don't get those here"I was really looking for a "burpilator" version to recall the one my Mom had when I was little-that thing kept me entertained during her washdays.I can agree-the slotted or flex lower agitator "blades" act just as that-a cutting shredding tool.I used to have a Maytag where its lower vanes-the lower edges were SHARP-took a file and sandpaper and blunted them-less shredding of clothes.Maybe I should switch to a Norge!!They sound cool and effective.The Norge Dryer with the 18" blower sounds like you wouldn't need heat at all-the blast from that blower would be enough!!Thats bigger than the blower in my HVAC or even some of the transmitters I work on.

 

[singsonglee]

Norge Fedders

Something that I forgot to tell you guys is that my mom had a
MW washer and that is why I became a Norge fan I was working for Montgomery wards in the early 80's and our 1-18 Frigidaire
gave up the ghost and by then WCI had taken them over and it would have been hard to get parts. So I took mom and dad to Montgomery Ward at Turfland Mall in Lexington, Ky. and that Is where My mom got her first Norge built washer and the matching dryer. I loved that set and wanted some day when I got married to have a Norge built set. Well it just so happens that after me and my wife and we had moved to theDallas area where my folks had been transfered to and lived there for about 3 years mom got rid of her M/W dryer. We came down to the house and saw it out at the curb and said don't get rid of it we will take it and we did we even moved it back to Nebraska. Absolutelly loved that dryer wish I had it back. While we had lived in Texas we had purchased a M/W washer we loved it just as much and I will say it was by far the best washer we have every had. Oh by the way the washing instructions that I posted the other day goes for any washer and I forgot to mention that to get the best results from any detergent put it in at the bottom of the washer and then start the machine let it desolve out the soap and then put the clothes in before it fills up completly. This works with powders or liquids.

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[tomturbomatic]

The first design of the Norge dryers boasted a 21" fan and salesmen used to compare it to the 7" fan in the GE, But the shape was different. The GE had a very efficient squirrel cage fan while the Norge was a huge disc with the blades/louvers cut in near the edge. It was run by a belt, but the drum was roller driven. The STOP 'N DRY feature lifted the drum up and off the drum drive so that it did not revolve.

 

[singsonglee]

Norge Dryer

Thanks Tomturbomatic That it exactely the dryer that I had It had the Stop-N-Dry on it. I had to replace the cluch plate on it and also the motor and yes I did the repairs on it with the help of the next door neighbor Ray Bellar. Who went to that big laundry repair shop in the sky. He was a true friend.
This was when I lived in Tilden, Ne. from Sept. 1987 to April of 1990. The Stop-N-Dry had another feature which was a drying rack and if your evening news paper got soaked it could be dryed out in the dryer. Damn it I wish I still had that dryer. Dan

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[singsonglee]

Norge Dryer

Thanks Tomturbomatic that is exactly the dryer we had with the stop-n-dry it aslo came with a drying rack so you could dry sweater or the evening newspaper if it got wet. I had to put a new clutch assembly in it as I was taking off the durm to clean out the lint that collected in it and broke of the bolt in the hole so had to get a new one and just a short time after that the motor burned out in it so I had to put a new motor in it. It sure would dry clothes fast. Damn it I wish I had that dryer back. I was helped with the repairs by the next door neighbor Ray Bellar who has gone to that great loundry repair center in the sky. He was a very good friend.
This was when we lived in Tilden, Ne. from sept. 1987 to April 1990. Then we moved to Lexington, Ne. where I was working at I.B.P. plant. Hope this makes it on this time and that I dont have a repeat and the first message didn't post?

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[norgeman]

Lightedcontrols

The pictures of the tub of the Norge looks just like the Nontgomery Wards washer we had. We had purchased it in 1986 it was the last model that Norge had built before Maytag took them over and changed them out. Like I said before it was by far the best washer we have ever owned. On a amusing note when I worked at montgomery Wards we used to get there newspaper and one of the salesmen form one of the stores in the systen used to stand in it to show how tough it was. I think he was the top salesmam in the system. Seeing your Norge brings back memories of our Montgomery Ward Norge. I wish we still had it. Dan

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[agiflow]

As i stated earlier, this machine is the same as ours was.
What i didn't understand about this machine was that soak cycle. Why does it show soak when it is part of the regular wash cycle?

It is not a seperate cycle...i must have missed something.